• Sony Announces Blu-ray Pricing

    Sony Announces Blu-ray Pricing

    Techtree News Staff, Feb 10, 2006 1625 hrs IST

    Sony's Gen-Next Blu-ray discs are priced at 20 percent more than current prices of new DVDs.

    mail share

Sony Pictures has announced pricing for its Gen-Next Blu-ray discs, that is indicative of a 20 percent increase over current prices with respect to new DVDs.

The company has announced that it will charge retail outlets a wholesale price of $23.45 per disc for premium/new titles including "Underworld: Evolution" etc; and $17.95 for catalogue titles such as "Hitch," "The Fifth Element" and "Species". Apparently the $23.45 price represents a 15-20 percent increase over current new-release DVDs.

Analysts express the view that while price hikes are common whilst introducing new standards, Sony's listed wholesale prices for Blu-ray are lower than expected. At a time when Blu-ray has its horns locked with rival HD DVD, analysts see the new pricing as an aggressive move by Sony to help Blu-ray win brownie points over HD DVD.

Camp HD DVD is yet to announce their pricing policy.

Follow Techtree on Twitter

Related Links
Diwali dhamaka: Phones under 10K
More Panels for Sony Ericsson Xperia
5K -12K: The Mad Mobile Market Segment
Tag keywords
Sony Announces Blu-ray Pricing



Discussion Board
(22) Comments
Habib Sohel
,Dhaka, on Oct 16, 2008 05:43 AM
I searched the net but still Blue Ray Players for region -3 is a daydream. Why sony is ignoring this region. Surprisingly Sony Launched some Code Free Blue Ray Player, BDP S300 and BDP S500, but in specification it is mentioned only for Region 1 & 2. Why again region 3 is ignored. Is there anybody who can tell me the place from where I can buy region 3 capable Blue Ray player?
Report abuse
megh
,surat, on Sep 13, 2008 07:40 AM
i m interested to be a sole dealer of Gujarat state please do reply
Report abuse
kevin
,denpasar, on Jan 29, 2008 05:32 AM
Hi can you advice the coast of mother board sony vio vgn sz483n Thanks Kevin
Report abuse
ananth
,chennai, on Dec 16, 2006 03:50 PM
if sony could lower the prices of psp i would would buy one soon
Report abuse
mahender Singh
,Barnala, on Aug 13, 2006 09:47 PM
I want to by motherboard of my Soni TV. The model no of TV is KV 2185 GE. I want to know the cost of the motherboard and its availability in Punjab (India)
Report abuse
kajal
,kolkata, on Jun 21, 2006 02:51 PM
I want to know from when the coveted Blu-ray will be available in India and price of the recorder and drives
Report abuse
pankaj
,rourkela, on Mar 16, 2006 10:23 PM
Thanx a lot to sony for this perfection i feel this is the write time to take over the increasing dvd world and gives us better technology then that
Report abuse
pankaj
,rourkela, on Mar 16, 2006 10:22 PM
Thanx a lot to sony for this perfection i feel this is the write time to take over the increasing vdvd world
Report abuse
DaveS
,Houston, TX, on Mar 02, 2006 12:59 AM
That's the best Sony can do with titles? Why not an HD DVD of "Plan 9 From Outer Space"? I'm not surprized. After all, "It's a Sony".
Report abuse
Mike
,Miami, on Mar 01, 2006 10:40 PM
I will not buy a player. Just wait for the PS3.. If it ever come out in our lifetime.
Report abuse
Tony
,London UK, on Feb 14, 2006 06:16 PM
I will choose blu-ray over HD DVD, HD DVD is now old hat why would anyone want to buy something that is limited especially when there is an alternative. Blu-Ray for me is the future that is until they bring out the next format I understand that is disc burned using ultra violet lasers.
Report abuse
Mohan Rao
,Guildford, UK, on Mar 01, 2006 02:59 PM
These prices doesn't give any information. What we need is the price for the recordable disk and the merits. Like the prices with some titles recorded are always sold at high prices in SuperStores across world, whic do not, in any way, reflect the recordable CDs and DVDs we used to buy. Probably this information is released to "hype" the thing.
Report abuse
karthike
,chennai, on Feb 16, 2006 02:35 PM
hai any body think dvd are old please send it to me you want my address
Report abuse
Vijay
,Goa, India, on Feb 16, 2006 11:28 AM
Will use the best and affordable one.
Report abuse
Sudip
,Calcutta, on Feb 15, 2006 11:55 AM
I think the best approach for today is to wait and watch and hang on to your old DVD. Let the war be waged and battleline drawn and when we have a clear winner we will go the whole hog for it. Investing in something now will be foolish as there are enough chances of either of them becoming a flop.
Report abuse
sekartut
,Tirunelveli, on Feb 13, 2006 11:04 AM
Helpful in knowing the new blu ray price. superb
Report abuse
Paul Wong
,Las Vegas, on Feb 13, 2006 10:48 AM
I will not buy either system.They must be mad if they think consumers are going to buy two more players in order to enjoy all their favourite movies in HD. This means we will wind up with three different formats in our collections with Mr Average running out of imputs to plug the damn things in. Ridiculous. One more thing while I'm at it there are very few TV's out there that will accept a true 1080p input signal, not even Sony's latest SXRD TV's
Report abuse
Mike
,Orlando, FL, on Feb 10, 2006 06:31 PM
I still believe that HD DVD will be the better format, SONY has a bad history when it comes to formates ( should I bringup the memory stick flop). I will stick to my standard DVDs and probally wont support either but I will not support Blu-Ray unless all other formates of video have been discontinued
Report abuse
Gary
,kershaw, sc, on Feb 12, 2006 12:37 PM
What do you base this statement on?
Report abuse
Munish
,Delhi, on Feb 12, 2006 12:04 AM
Waiting for the Drives and Disks in local markets and hope they are affordable.
Report abuse
Rakib
,Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Feb 10, 2006 05:27 PM
Interesting, I heard the pricing for the blu-ray would be like $40. The Sony decreased the price a lot, I wonder how much profit are Sony making of the blu-ray.
Report abuse
Chandra
,Chennai, on Feb 10, 2006 09:36 PM
Even the Rs. 7/- CD-Rs that you get has some Profit in it. So, Sony's pricing of the BD-ROM should be profitable by a decent margin...If I read it right, these prices are of "titles" and NOT the disks. Will be eager to see how the drives and disks will be priced. We will know the "format" winner within June or max by Dec this year.
Report abuse

Opinion Poll